§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will now update his estimate contained in his answer of 16 November 1987,Official Report, column 433, of the proportion of people infected with HIV who will go on to develop AIDS in the light of the Cox report on HIV infection.
§ Mr. MellorWe accept the statement in the Cox report that
The proportion of people infected with HIV who will eventually develop AIDS is uncertain. Some of the recent evidence suggests it is higher than originally thought and may be as high as 80 per cent., or even greater".The previous reply of 16 November 1987 was in respect of people with haemophilia and HIV infection. It is still not known what proportion of these people with HIV infection will develop AIDS.